Does anyone know how to search for clips on MSNBC?

[Luftmensch067]

That site drives me INSANE! I can never find a way to search by date and the keyword search never seems to produce anything remotely close to what I'm looking for.

I guess JK was interviewed by Andrew Mitchell on Tuesday and I missed it. I was finally able to get the transcript, but I'd love to see the video clip!

Here is some of the transcript:

December 9, 2008 Tuesday

MSNBC INTERVIEW WITH SENATOR JOHN KERRY
JOHN KERRY (D-MA);
SUBJECTS INCLUDE: CLIMATE CHANGE, DESIGNATE CLINTON AND CENTRAL ASIA;
INTERVIEWER: ANDREA MITCHELL

LENGTH: 1185 words

MSNBC INTERVIEW WITH SENATOR JOHN KERRY

MS. MITCHELL: And Senator John Kerry, to go from the ridiculous to the
sublime. Senator John Kerry preparing for his first trip abroad as the
incoming chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. On the itinerary,
Poland, Georgia, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Kuwait. What an agenda!

Senator Kerry joining us live from Capitol Hill. Sorry to transition in to
you with the tale of Illinois.

SEN. KERRY : (Laughs.) Thank you.

MS. MITCHELL: But, my God, it is the most incredible political story we've
seen in a long time.

And on the foreign policy front, you've got quite a big agenda as you take
over the Foreign Relations Committee. Let's talk about India and Pakistan
and, of course, Afghanistan.

Does this region now cry out for a special envoy? Is this something that no
secretary of State, however talented, can handle along with the rest of the
world, given how critical of nature it is?

SEN. KERRY : Well, not necessarily, Andrea. I think -- I think that
certainly the administration deserves an opportunity to take stock before we
start talking about special envoys here, there and everywhere.

I also think special envoys can dilute the important leverage and message of
an incoming secretary of State. So I would urge the administration not to
leap at that right away. I think it's important for Secretary Clinton, who
we will confirm, to be able to travel over there and speak for the president
initially herself rather than, you know, sort of creating several different
conversation centers and power centers.

Most importantly, I think -- you know, I talked to President Zardari
yesterday and I am -- I've been in touch also with the foreign minister of
India, and I think that both countries are taking very important steps now
already to deal with this. I think the arrests of the LeT leaders and the
movement by President Zardari is (a) very, very important movement. They
have a long way to go, and very, very difficult economic challenges as well
as the insurgency challenges.

So I'm -- I'm looking forward to sort of getting a firsthand lay of the land
from all of these folks in the region and then, you know, working together
with the administration to fashion an appropriate response. I hope the
Foreign Relations Committee will take up very early on the aid package to
both Afghanistan and Pakistan, both of which are going to be critical to
whatever future plans there are in that region.

MS. MITCHELL: I want to ask you about climate change in a moment. I know
you're heading over to those critical meetings.

But first, you said with some confidence that the secretary of
State-designate will be confirmed. I know about senatorial courtesy, but
won't some Republicans raise questions about possible conflicts of interest,
about her husband's role, and whether or not this can be, you know, confined
and whether it can be transparent?

SEN. KERRY : Well, I -- obviously any senator has a right, and they will
raise questions, I'm confident. But --

MS. MITCHELL: Do you have any concerns?

SEN. KERRY : I think -- I haven't seen the agreement yet, Andrea. And I --
I'm certainly going by what I've read and by what I understand. But it seems
to me that it's pretty comprehensive, and I'm certainly proceeding on the
judgement that, thus far, if the lawyers and the president-elect are
satisfied, I'm confident they're going to present us with something that's
solid. So we'll go forward from there.

What I do want to comment on, if I can quickly, is the importance of this
global climate change initiative and where we are. You know, I just had a
briefing this morning from scientists from the Heinz Center, which I know
you're familiar with, and there's just an amazing amount of work now that
has come forward recently of different modeling that has taken place with
the business community involved in it and others -- you know, Wharton
School, others involved.

And the evidence is really dramatic and more alarming than at any time in
all the 20 years that I've been involved with this issue. China has now
surpassed the United States as the major emitter in the world. And between
India and China, the rate of increase of emissions is simply unacceptable,
together with the United States and Japan and so forth. And we're witnessing
a rise in the emission levels that is way beyond -- four times faster --
than what was predicted by the scientists at the United Nations. So this is
really reaching literally an urgency, a crisis level that is very hard to
describe in average terms.

Any help would be much appreciated!!!

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1. More

MS. MITCHELL: Senator --

SEN. KERRY : We're going to have to respond to it.

MS. MITCHELL: Senator, I know -- I would concede the crisis and the science.
But conceding that, what do you do, given the recession? To meet the --

SEN. KERRY : Well, it's a -- I think --

MS. MITCHELL: -- European Union standards, there would have to be a 45
percent reduction --

SEN. KERRY : Yeah.

MS. MITCHELL: -- in emissions over the next dozen years. Now, I know you can
do a lot in green technology to create jobs, but the auto industry in crisis
mode -- you know, how do you balance --

SEN. KERRY : Actually, I see this as a moment of enormous and real
opportunity, Andrea. You know, I met this morning with Secretary-designate
Tim Geithner, and I think he agrees and others on the economic team that
I've talked to agree that this is a moment of remarkable opportunity for our
country.

The silver lining in the downside of this economic crisis is that we are
going to put very significant sums of money on the table in order to move
the economy, to help it to recover. And the economic recovery package, I
think, is the opportunity to transform our economy and move us much more
rapidly towards the goals that we need to meet.

I also believe that we can sell that technology abroad. We can transfer it
abroad. All countries are going to have to engage in this at a level that
has been absolutely unprecedented. And if we move to solar, for instance, we
have free energy sitting up there, you know, coming at us every single day.
In the southwestern part of our country, we could actually create
solar-thermal capacity that provides six times the electricity needs of the
United States just from there alone --

MS. MITCHELL: Okay.

SEN. KERRY : -- without a drop of oil.

So this transformation, I think, is economic opportunity. It's the economic
future for the country. It's the jobs of the future. And if we move there
with authority and conviction and lead the world there, this can be a much
easier transition than people imagine.

MS. MITCHELL: Well, that's the message I know you're taking abroad. Safe
travels, Senator Kerry.

SEN. KERRY : Thank you.

MS. MITCHELL: And we will see you at --

SEN. KERRY : Thank you.

MS. MITCHELL: -- we'll expect there are going to be some pretty interesting
hearings --

SEN. KERRY : Thank you.

MS. MITCHELL: -- the confirmation hearings of Hillary Clinton.

SEN. KERRY : Thank you.

[Mass]

2. Incredible. In the middle of such important topics, Andrea Mitchell injects a

question concerning Bill Clinton. It has to show how incompetent and irresponsible these people are (and comes back to it at the end too. Obviously, it is the only thing she cared about, that and telling people that nothing could be done concerning global climate change).

Why are these people presenting these shows. She is dealing with that just as if she was presenting American Idol. :banghead:

[beachmom]

3. Not surprising at all. The media is here to entertain and make a profit, not inform.

Just look at how they have covered this Blogo scandal, trying to connect it to Obama, when no connections of corruption exist. We have Blogo on tape calling him a Motherf****er, cursing him for not wanting to pay and play, and we know Obama pushed a state ethics bill to be passed, overriding the governor's veto. That is very compelling evidence that shows Obama's nose to be quite clean, and on the right side of state politics recently. Yet, they keep saying this is "bad" for him. Well, actually, no. He looks pretty good to me, considering the circumstances.

The media is going to play up conflict as much as possible because they think they can sell it. It is pretty clear that they want a Kerry/Clinton conflict at the hearings, and will latch onto anything to show Kerry as having sour grapes. Pretty stupid, but it's what they do.

[karynnj]

5. That shows more about Mitchell

Not to mention that it is a question that can't really be answered in any way other than as Kerry did. The likelihood is she will be easily confirmed, but there are questions that will be asked and must be answered. I doubt there is anything that will lead her not to be confirmed in a Senate with 58 (or 59) Democrats. She likely will get fewer than the 13 no votes Rice got.

But that obviously is more interesting to her than Kerry's insight on how foreign policy should be done and on the global warming conference. (I think the "special envoy" question is also a Bill Clinton question as she and others have suggested he be sent there.) The strange thing is her total disinterest on policy.

[TayTay]

8. The media will highlight differences, that's what they do

The complaint in the Bush years was that the press didn't do their jobs and ask questions. The press was too obsequious and focused on the things that didn't matter. That well could happen at these hearings as well. It is far easier to prepare a broadcast segment that delves into things that require little to no research then to delve into things that do, after all.

This is a solid appointment. Secretary-Designee Clinton is a smart woman who has been on the other end of confirmation hearings. I should think she will be well-prepared for these SFRC hearings. There should be vigorous questioning of her at these hearings. (As there was for Condi Rice at her confirmation hearing back in 2005.)

This is also an opportunity to explore what the incoming Administration thinks about foreign policy and what the US should be doing in the world. The Dems will, hopefully, use their questioning time to get at that. The Republicans will do what they do. The appetite for diversions, given the current serious state of the world, has diminished I think. We will see how this goes.

I expect well-run hearings that should be fascinating to watch.

[beachmom]

4. Well, Luftmensch, I could not find that video, but I did find this one of the Kerry/Heinz kids

from '04. Interview with Katie Couric (when she was still doing Today):

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/5545998#5545998

[karynnj]

7. That was a really nice video

[Luftmensch067]

12. That was really nice to see, thank you!

What wonderful people they are and what a ghastly funhouse world they had to live in that year. They behaved with such elegance, groundedness and intelligence.

[Muttocracy]

6. Do you know which program it was on?

I finally figured out how to find clips within Countdown, RM show, Hardball, etc. but I'm not sure about the news during the day.

[TayTay]

9. He was on in the 1 pm hour

That is the Andrea Mitchell show just called "Andrea."

[Muttocracy]

10. There is really a show called that?!

Oh my. I don't have a TV so I just watch clips online from the evening shows.

[Luftmensch067]

11. Thanks for trying!

It makes me feel a little better to know that that site as mysterious to others as it is to me! I knew it wasn't a specific show (though thanks to Tay, I now know there is a show called Andrea *shudder*) but there seems no easy way to search their general collection of video clips. Seems pretty ridiculous for a big-time news site, if you ask me!